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As difficult as it is to imagine, Maryland defensive end Andre Monroe was once considered too big for his sport. It happened when Monroe was 6 years old and already had played a year of organized football with the Boys & Girls Club in Upper Marlboro. He said he weighed "about 20 pounds" over the limit for his age group, and twice he failed to make the prescribed weight. When he failed a third time, he was held out of two games. Andre Monroe Sr. recalled how the eldest of his three sons would run for miles in their neighborhood to drop pounds. The family adopted a diet of mostly salads and fruit for more than a month — not the meal plan of a growing boy. Said Monroe Sr.,...

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